Bradshaw's notes for travellers in Tyrol and Vorarlberg . The new road iscut out of the rocks almost all the way to thenew and most attractive looking inn calledHoch Finstermiinz, now generally resorted toas a sleeping place on this road. On theascent to it there are several galleries piercedthrough projecting buttresses of rock. AtHoch Finstermiinz the view of the passandtheriver rushing round the rocks in its headlongcourse out of the En gadine is hardly exceeded byany in the Alps. The old tower and bridge ofFinstermiinz can be discerned in the depths ofthe ravine, lying immediately below th
Bradshaw's notes for travellers in Tyrol and Vorarlberg . The new road iscut out of the rocks almost all the way to thenew and most attractive looking inn calledHoch Finstermiinz, now generally resorted toas a sleeping place on this road. On theascent to it there are several galleries piercedthrough projecting buttresses of rock. AtHoch Finstermiinz the view of the passandtheriver rushing round the rocks in its headlongcourse out of the En gadine is hardly exceeded byany in the Alps. The old tower and bridge ofFinstermiinz can be discerned in the depths ofthe ravine, lying immediately below the levelplatform on which the hotel is built. Thenew road was constructed in 1854—5. Three-quarters of a mile from the hotel stands a largefort, in a picturesque situation. Enthusiasticsketchers should avoid sketching forts hereor elsewhere abroad, as they may get intotemporary trouble by it. Hoch Finster-miinz itself affords the best point of view,far superior to any obtained from the for-£ er [old road. Just below it is the point at LANDECK TO Ij i:::^FoH otJcnstermuTix^^a^l j{^c/i^y^X/YJfeuler See Concenter- ^-^^i^.ofJfalrJftzneaberg „ ^. ^ ;: M A L S J Miles IN TUE TYROL AND VORARLEERO. 21 which the old road emerged from the two or three sweeping zig-zags Nauders is reached. Tlie traveller is re-minded of the nearness of the Swiss frontierby seeing at the entrance of the village, Village of Nauders in Frontier Parish. Thevillage of Nauders, on account of its eleva-tion, has a cold climate. It contains threechurches. Above it, on the road to Reschen,is the extensive Castle of this a fine view is obtained of theFinstermiinz and mountains. Near the endof the village the road to Martinsbruck andthe Engadine leaves to the right. The new under the mountains to the right was morethan half destroyed. Immediately above Bur-geis rises the Castle of Fiirstenberg, and on aspur of the momitain behind it is seen the largewhite Bene
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